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Speaker 1: four pm, subject to availability. Welcome to Falcons Audible, presented

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Speaker 1: by AT and T. I'm Dave Archer. That's DJ Shockley.

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Speaker 1: Derek Rackley's not with us, racks out softballing out on

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Speaker 1: the West Coast with his daughter.

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Speaker 2: He will be.

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Speaker 1: Back with us next week as we get things started

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Speaker 1: this week pre training camp edition of Falcons Audible. Shock Man,

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Speaker 1: it's good to see you, brother.

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Speaker 2: No, Douve's good to be back. Man. I'm excited for

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Speaker 2: this season, excited to get going.

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Speaker 3: As we record this podcast, we are literally one day

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Speaker 3: away from them getting on the grass. And before we

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Speaker 3: start the podcast, I even told Archi, but I wanted

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Speaker 3: to do this because we're starting a new season and

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Speaker 3: I got to give my man his Flowers Arch, What

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Speaker 3: years this with the Falcons? What year is this calling

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Speaker 3: Falcons games? Because you have done it at a high rate. Man,

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Speaker 3: I'm I'm a fan. I've told them this a thousand times.

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Speaker 3: But if you guys don't listen to Arch, I know

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Speaker 3: a lot of people who do listen, who say they.

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Speaker 2: Turn off everything and just turn on the radio. But

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Speaker 2: what year is this? Man?

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Speaker 3: And I think you know the credibilities to the roof

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Speaker 3: man play for this team. Now you get to do

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Speaker 3: all the different things you do with this organization. I'm

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Speaker 3: just proud to say I know you, man, but what

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Speaker 3: year is this for you?

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you saying that. Shock. It's been fun to

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Speaker 1: work with you. You and I have worked a number

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Speaker 1: of years together. This is twenty two, twenty two coming up,

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Speaker 1: I think twenty for calling the games, twenty three. I

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Speaker 1: did the pregame post game show way back at three.

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Speaker 1: So Ben been associated with the team for a long time.

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Speaker 1: Very proud. I had an opportunity appreciate you and you've

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Speaker 1: been You been doing stuff with this team for a

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Speaker 1: veterans of this kind of stuff. I got a few

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Speaker 1: more I got a few more years in the bank

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Speaker 3: I think the best thing for Media's offseason was being

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Speaker 3: doing football season, it is go, go, go go. We're

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Speaker 3: Get to be there on Saturdays and you know, sit

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Speaker 1: Had a chance to go visit my son out in Arizona.

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Speaker 1: I had a chance to go on the Falcon Fan cruise.

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Speaker 1: You had things to do. You couldn't go with us

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Speaker 1: But we got a chance to hang out with Falcon fans.

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Speaker 1: There's about one hundred and fifty two hundred fans wow

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Speaker 1: Caribbean cruise Line Utopia the Seas, which is the second

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Speaker 1: It was really cool. Spend a lot of times you

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Speaker 1: Falcons Fan Cruise, and go ahead and register. Come, come do,

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Speaker 2: How accessible were you too, like the fans, because like obviously.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, not only that, you know there we're playing different games.

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Speaker 1: This thing is like a sh a floating shopping mall. Okay,

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of photos up right now, I think

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Speaker 1: But if you want to, you know, get get in

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Speaker 1: here is shocked. We talked about it. I want a

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Speaker 3: The fun thing about training camp, man, there's a little

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Speaker 2: We got a real game.

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Speaker 3: It's getting real, Like think about it, Oh, in a month,

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Speaker 2: So you build those bonds with guys.

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Speaker 3: And there's guys who I was in training camp with

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Speaker 3: And it's cool to have those moments to celebrate guys,

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Speaker 3: there was a couple of games last year where hey,

437
00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,199
Speaker 3: you put a guy up to bat, it was incomplete.

438
00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:27,800
Speaker 3: Guess what next play you put him back up to

439
00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:29,879
Speaker 3: bat again. And I think that's something we'd like to see,

440
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,760
Speaker 3: is pushing the ball vertically, forcing a defense to cover

441
00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,760
Speaker 3: the entire three and the third sideline and sideline and

442
00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,320
Speaker 3: make sure teams know that yes what yeah, it's going

443
00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,120
Speaker 3: to be some underneas stuff, but guess what, you got

444
00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,000
Speaker 3: to beware of the ball going over your head too.

445
00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:43,760
Speaker 2: So that's a good call.

446
00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,320
Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about position groups now that they're

447
00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,080
Speaker 1: kind of sticking out. We know the Pinnix is a

448
00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,479
Speaker 1: guy that people are gonna be paying attention to. You

449
00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,520
Speaker 1: mentioned you're pretty relaxed with that. I think that we'll

450
00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,400
Speaker 1: continue to watch him progress. Obviously, we know that he's

451
00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,399
Speaker 1: still essentially a rookie quarterback and we'll watch that play out.

452
00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,480
Speaker 1: Give me a position group or two that stick out

453
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Speaker 1: in your mind that you really are gonna hone in on,

454
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Speaker 1: maybe early on in camp.

455
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Speaker 3: One for me is the interior defensive line. I am

456
00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,199
Speaker 3: excited to see where this group goes. Obviously, for the

457
00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,280
Speaker 3: last ten years, we've seen a guy where number ninety

458
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,959
Speaker 3: seven and Grady Jared be that guy you knew coming in.

459
00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:20,840
Speaker 2: All right, we know what this guy's about.

460
00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,639
Speaker 3: We know on the interior of this defensive line what

461
00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,200
Speaker 3: you're gonna get with number ninety seven. Now, no Grady Jared,

462
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Speaker 3: who is that next guy to step forward and be

463
00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:31,359
Speaker 3: the kallus forward?

464
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Speaker 2: And we know in this league we talk a lot

465
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Speaker 2: about the perimeter guy.

466
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Speaker 3: We talk a lot about, you know, having those kind

467
00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,159
Speaker 3: of playmakers on the outside, which you gotta have. But

468
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,760
Speaker 3: you also have to have the depth on the interior

469
00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,879
Speaker 3: lines of scrimmage, and I think the line of scrimmagees

470
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,800
Speaker 3: matter most. And in this league, if you can stop

471
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Speaker 3: the run and then you can get out to the passer,

472
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Speaker 3: that's a big deal. You talked about adding some of

473
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Speaker 3: these guys in the draft, obviously, with two guys that

474
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Speaker 3: would rush the passer in the first round, but what

475
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Speaker 3: about the interior part of the the defensive line. And

476
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,680
Speaker 3: we've seen it over years. Just go down the road

477
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,119
Speaker 3: playing against a Vita Vea over there, Tampa. You knew

478
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,680
Speaker 3: every time you step into that ball again, he was

479
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,760
Speaker 3: going to be a factor in the run game in

480
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,240
Speaker 3: the past game, you knew that. Can the Falcons have

481
00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,640
Speaker 3: that guy? Obviously you got on your mine. You got

482
00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,720
Speaker 3: Harrison TQ comeback. Ruke and Dorles is gonna be two

483
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,400
Speaker 3: big guys who you're gonna ask a lot of. Can

484
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,159
Speaker 3: Rouke take that next step? Is gonna be a big,

485
00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,520
Speaker 3: big topic of conversation. Obviously, Lake Alna is a big

486
00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,280
Speaker 3: part of it. But you need to have impact defensive linemen,

487
00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,480
Speaker 3: guys who can make a difference in ballgame. So that

488
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,240
Speaker 3: part of this defense is I'm not gonna say a concern,

489
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Speaker 3: but it's something that I'm really gonna pay a close

490
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,360
Speaker 3: attention to and see what what kind of issues can

491
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,680
Speaker 3: they create upfront? And I think with Grady gone, there's

492
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Speaker 3: gonna be a couple of guys that feel like, you

493
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,639
Speaker 3: know what, maybe I'm that next guy to kind of

494
00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,560
Speaker 3: feel that void and say, you know what, I can

495
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Speaker 3: be the guy that can carry us for the next

496
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Speaker 3: ten years.

497
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Speaker 2: I think we know we got it on your model.

498
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Speaker 3: You know, he's been around the league, he's played, he's

499
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 3: you know, been one of those kind of guys the

500
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,520
Speaker 3: reason why you brought him here. But then also you

501
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 3: talk about some of the young guys who are going

502
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:09,240
Speaker 3: to ask to be.

503
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,240
Speaker 2: Play a key role in that interior defensive line.

504
00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,879
Speaker 3: Now obviously on the outside that's another topic as well,

505
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,000
Speaker 3: and we can easily go there. I know a lot

506
00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,199
Speaker 3: of people you just talked about being able to get

507
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,840
Speaker 3: to the passer against sacks. That's a big deal. But

508
00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,920
Speaker 3: I also feel like with what we have that's gonna

509
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,560
Speaker 3: be a big conversation. I can't wait to see how

510
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 3: these guys continue to progress as the training camp goes on.

511
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Speaker 1: Well, you and I are in the same page because

512
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,120
Speaker 1: I wrote, I wrote d line, So I won't go there.

513
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Speaker 1: I'll go to my next grip that I was going

514
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Speaker 1: to talk about. But defensive line. Remember old Brick brings

515
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,240
Speaker 1: an attacking style of defense, meaning you're gonna pick a

516
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,199
Speaker 1: gap and you're gonna shoot it. There's none of this

517
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,200
Speaker 1: grabbing guys on holding and kind of throwing them off

518
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,440
Speaker 1: and trying to play a stalemate at the line of scrimmage.

519
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,440
Speaker 1: They're looking to penetrate and make plays in the backfield.

520
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: So what Shock is talking about is paramount that you

521
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Speaker 1: have guys in that interior defensive line that can penetrate

522
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Speaker 1: and create problems for blocking schemes. So now all of

523
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,639
Speaker 1: a sudden, linebackers are running free, and maybe they are,

524
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 1: they're penetrating. We know we've got one of the best

525
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 1: into your linebackers in the league. And Kaden Ellis led

526
00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,439
Speaker 1: the team in tackles yes year, one hundred and fifty tackles.

527
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,360
Speaker 1: He had sixteen quarterback hits. I mean, the dude was everywhere.

528
00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 1: And you're adding a couple of guys that have similar

529
00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:23,360
Speaker 1: capabilities to this roster and to these guys. So I'll

530
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Speaker 1: go I'll go to the back end. I'll go to

531
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Speaker 1: the secondary. I think you feel really comfortable about the

532
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,879
Speaker 1: All Pro Jesse Bates at safety. I think you feel

533
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 1: really good about aj Terrell and what he brings the

534
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,760
Speaker 1: table at the corner spot. So now what happens in

535
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 1: maybe the other three spots? And I say three because

536
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 1: you've got a corner, you got another safety, and you've

537
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,320
Speaker 1: got your nickelback situation. And the nickel is one that

538
00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,159
Speaker 1: you might have gone out and drafted a guy that

539
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,600
Speaker 1: potentially ends up being your starter in Billy Bowman at nickel.

540
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 1: Now d Alford, who's played here the last couple of

541
00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,240
Speaker 1: years and had some really good moments, is going to

542
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 1: have something to say about that. So there's gonna be

543
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,320
Speaker 1: some really good competition back there. Mike Hughes returns as corner,

544
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 1: had a really good year last year. But you've got

545
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 1: some young guys that are chomping at the bit. We've

546
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 1: got a guy, a young guy that I think is

547
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,160
Speaker 1: gonna challenge a little bit in Kobe Bryant, a kid

548
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,120
Speaker 1: out of Kansas who had thirteen career interceptions, a three

549
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 1: time first team All Big Twelve corner. He's gonna come

550
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,000
Speaker 1: in and say, wait a minute, why can't I start

551
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,760
Speaker 1: at that corner spot, so I think there's gonna be

552
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 1: some really good competition. And then you look at the

553
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:31,440
Speaker 1: safety spot. Shock with with Watts returning, how about DeMarco

554
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: Hellam's a guy lost in the shuffle here. Hey, don't

555
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,359
Speaker 1: forget about me. I took the job away from a

556
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,919
Speaker 1: guy two years ago and then I got hurt in preseason.

557
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:41,640
Speaker 2: Reason why Justin Simmles here for sure?

558
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,920
Speaker 1: Yeah it might not even have been here. DeMarco Helm's

559
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,399
Speaker 1: not gotten hurt. So here's a guy that wants to

560
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:52,440
Speaker 1: reclaim his opportunity. So the secondary some battles there as well.

561
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, some real, some real battles back there. That's gonna

562
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 3: be interesting too, because you just you name seven or

563
00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,320
Speaker 3: eight different guy that absolutely could play a part in

564
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,120
Speaker 3: how this season goes on the back end. And as

565
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,879
Speaker 3: we know, this is a league where teams want to

566
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 3: throw the football around the yard and you gotta have

567
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:09,719
Speaker 3: guys who can hold up.

568
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,400
Speaker 2: You gotta have guys who have extreme confidence.

569
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 3: And we know we got a lot of guys who

570
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,919
Speaker 3: have that, but can they show it, can they do it?

571
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,840
Speaker 3: Can they be a big part of what this defense

572
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,199
Speaker 3: is about? And you talk about having an aggressive scheme

573
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 3: that Olbrick wants to play with. Those guys have to

574
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 3: make a hold up in man coverage. Olbrick is gonna

575
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 3: want to get in this guy's face and say, you

576
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,760
Speaker 3: know what, we're gonna play press man coverage on the outside.

577
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 3: Let's hold up and let's go be those kind of guys.

578
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,280
Speaker 3: Are you One thing I wanted to ask you was,

579
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 3: obviously we talked about some of the position groups that

580
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 3: we're looking forward to watching, but there's also a group

581
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 3: or select amount of players that feel like maybe they

582
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,720
Speaker 3: have something to prove. And when you look at either

583
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 3: side of the ball, is there a player, is there

584
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 3: a couple of players, Maybe it's a position group that

585
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,440
Speaker 3: you feel like they have something to prove coming into

586
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 3: a training camp in this season.

587
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Speaker 1: Well, I think that certainly the easiest place for us

588
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,880
Speaker 1: to point is we'll go to Kyle Pitts the typen,

589
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,640
Speaker 1: and I think that a lot of people will point

590
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,919
Speaker 1: to that. Everything I understand about Kyle, he's had a

591
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,200
Speaker 1: really good offseason. He's chomping at the bit to get back.

592
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,560
Speaker 1: I think that he and Penis has spent some time

593
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,199
Speaker 1: in the offseason together where there's been some bonding there.

594
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 1: Kyle's one of those kind of guys that there were

595
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,600
Speaker 1: moments last year where he had a four game stretch

596
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,440
Speaker 1: where he had I don't know, twenty one receptions, three

597
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,520
Speaker 1: hundred yards and a couple of touchdowns in just a

598
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,359
Speaker 1: four game stretch and then maybe got left out of

599
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,160
Speaker 1: the equation a little bit, maybe because the quarterback didn't

600
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,640
Speaker 1: throw it to him, maybe because the defense took him away,

601
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: or maybe is his own fault. He wasn't playing at

602
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 1: the level he's capable playing at. But he's kind of

603
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,159
Speaker 1: that guy that I think is that last piece on

604
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,639
Speaker 1: the offense. You know, Bajeon Robinson's going to bring it

605
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,119
Speaker 1: coming off a monster year last year, some nineteen hundred

606
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 1: yards in total offense. Drake London, who has surface is

607
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: one of the seven to eight best wide receivers in

608
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,879
Speaker 1: the National Football League. What Darnell Mooney was able to

609
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,840
Speaker 1: do just on the edge of being another thou yard receiver.

610
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: We know what al Jeer can do when he comes

611
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 1: in the game. Ray Ray McCleod, his contributions, he had

612
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: a career year last year. Is that third wide receiver.

613
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 1: But that last piece is this is this guy that

614
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,160
Speaker 1: you drafted three overall about four years ago that if

615
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,200
Speaker 1: he can come into his own much like he did

616
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,679
Speaker 1: his rookie year, that's the one that sticks out to me.

617
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: If you're just going to find one guy that you

618
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 1: think could be a difference making dude, that really takes

619
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,280
Speaker 1: you to a different level. We saw it. Penix finds

620
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: him right at the end of the game against Washington.

621
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 1: He goes down load to make a really difficult catch

622
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 1: and against tight coverage. Those are his capabilities. That's what

623
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 1: you want to see every Sunday.

624
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 3: Well, that's a great call because I think that's probably

625
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 3: number one for the fans. I mean, as much as

626
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 3: you know, we're both around the city, people always asking me,

627
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 3: you know, well, what's up with Kyle?

628
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:50,640
Speaker 2: Is Kyle still gonna be here?

629
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: It?

630
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 2: Can he be a difference maker? He was taking number

631
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 2: four overall, he had a great rookie year. What's happened?

632
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 3: So I think that's a big part of the conversation

633
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,400
Speaker 3: is where Kyle Pitts stands within his offense and can

634
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 3: he get back to what everybody thought he was gonna

635
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 3: be when they when they drafted him. For sure, for me,

636
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,120
Speaker 3: when I think about it's not even a position group.

637
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 3: I think it's a group of players. For me, it's

638
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 3: the Year two guys. The Year two guys can they

639
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 3: be Can they take that next step and have real

640
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:23,040
Speaker 3: value on his team? Obviously we talked about Route maybe

641
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 3: gonna be one of the key callus in that interior

642
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 3: defensive different doorless.

643
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 2: We saw j D.

644
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 3: Bertranch step in last year played really well in some

645
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 3: in some key moments. We know Brigland Trice was hurt

646
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,639
Speaker 3: last year. Can he come back and can he have

647
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,720
Speaker 3: some value and helped us in Casey Washington is another guy,

648
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 3: a receiver. You talked about a bunch of guys who

649
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 3: already are solidified this self. But case he can have

650
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 3: some value. We've seen him, have you know some moments

651
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 3: where maybe special teams, maybe he comes in and plays

652
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,720
Speaker 3: a role, maybe when a guy goes down, and can

653
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Speaker 3: he be a factor. I think those Year two guys,

654
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 3: can they really provide value in year two? Because you're

655
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,479
Speaker 3: gonna these guys, I'm sure you got a great rookie class.

656
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 3: You think that's gonna come in here in that value?

657
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 3: Can you guys from last season? A couple of them

658
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 3: banged up. I heard Rooke talk maybe probably a month

659
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,480
Speaker 3: ago and they asked him about his rookie season and

660
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 3: he goes, man, I'm not gonna lie.

661
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 2: There was a lot I had to learn.

662
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 3: The speed was different, the physicality was different, and I

663
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 3: had to mentally get myself wrapped up around this is different,

664
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Speaker 3: and I think a lot of guys have to adapt

665
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 3: to it as rookies, especially playing in those strenches.

666
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 2: I mean, it's some grown men up there.

667
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 3: But I think if those year two guys come in

668
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 3: and make a huge impact and have some tremendous value

669
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Speaker 3: on this team and provide some really good solid additions,

670
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 3: I think you have a spot where thing you feel

671
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 3: good about those guys. So I'm looking forward to seeing

672
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 3: of those year two guys who can take that next step.

673
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 3: Can those guys be guys that you say, you know

674
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Speaker 3: what those were quality picks?

675
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Speaker 1: Well, I think it's such a good point. Shock and

676
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 1: the group that needs who needs to take the biggest step.

677
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: And you just mentioned a couple of names there. I

678
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: think Ruke Rorow is a big I think he fits

679
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 1: what Olbrick wants to do. If you look at what

680
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 1: he did at Clemson and knifing through and creating problems

681
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: with his ability his quickness and his size. A rower

682
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: row is one of those guys that stands up as

683
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 1: well as Dorless. I think you're dead on there. What

684
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Speaker 1: are you hoping to see from the twenty twenty five

685
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Speaker 1: draft class? What are we hoping to get there? I

686
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 1: mentioned some of the number shock thirty one sacks. You're

687
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 1: thirty first in the league. Obviously, that's one of those

688
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: areas that you'd hope to address. You had a couple

689
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: of guys there, and yet eighteen takeaways last year, eighteen

690
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 1: takeaways was kind of in the middle of the pack

691
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 1: as far as takeaways go, but you were minus six

692
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: in the giveaway takeaway ratio. I think only one team

693
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Speaker 1: made the playoffs with a minus giveaway takeaway and that

694
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,239
Speaker 1: was the Tampa Bay Bucks got in. I think they

695
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: were minus two. So tell me about what you expect

696
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,719
Speaker 1: out of the the draft clash. What are we hoping

697
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 1: we get out of that?

698
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Speaker 3: I think the number one thing you get from this

699
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 3: draft class's tons of experience. I think you got guys

700
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 3: who are gonna come in here and be ready for

701
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 3: the moment. And I don't think playing the National Football

702
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 3: League will be too big for these guys. And a

703
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 3: lot of them talked about having, you know, even with

704
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 3: all the experience of what they played, having somewhat of

705
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 3: chips on the shoulder about being able to perform at

706
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 3: this next level you're talking about. Obviously, Jaylen Walker and

707
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 3: James Pearce brought in here for one reason, and they

708
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 3: talked about it when they first got drafted. Is I

709
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 3: know what the expectations were when we got here. We

710
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 3: were drafted to go get the quarterback. You got two

711
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 3: guys in the back end and Billy Bowen and Xavier Watou.

712
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 3: Like you mentioned, a key stat is takeaways. Oh they

713
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 3: did that in college with these they did that. They

714
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 3: were top of the country over their career in doing that.

715
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 3: So you're talking about guys who are used to getting

716
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 3: the ball in their hands. So I'm excited to see

717
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 3: how much of an addition, how much of an impact

718
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 3: these guys can have on this defense. And we talked

719
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 3: so much about where this defense is and what obrig

720
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 3: wants to do, and the word we both use is aggressive.

721
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Speaker 3: I think all four of those guys you will put

722
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 3: in an aggressive category, who want to go get the football,

723
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 3: who want to get after the quarterback, who want to

724
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 3: be impact players who want to change the game. And

725
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 3: for me, when I look at this twenty twenty five

726
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 3: draft class and when the season's over, I want to

727
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 3: know how many impact plays these guys had.

728
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 2: And for a lot of.

729
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 3: People, you want to say, oh, well, what's a real

730
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,560
Speaker 3: impact play? Something that changes dynamic of a game, and

731
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 3: whether it's one game, three games, four games, you do

732
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 3: something in those games that changes something for your ball club.

733
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Speaker 3: It changes field position, it gives you the ball back

734
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 3: to your offense, it does something that you say, what,

735
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 3: that's why we drafted that guy. And I think there's

736
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 3: going to be instance this season where we see all

737
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Speaker 3: four of those guys have those kind of impacts throughout

738
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 3: the season, and anything other than that, it's cherry on top.

739
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 3: So I'm excited to see how integral these guys will

740
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 3: be a part of this defense. You know, whether you

741
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 3: know the snap count is you know, fifty percent, whether

742
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 3: it's forty percent or maybe some of these guys you

743
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 3: can ask a lot from. And I think those two

744
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 3: pass rushers, you're gonna ask those guys to play a

745
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 3: key role this season. But who knows what happens on

746
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 3: the back end. It's gonna be fun to see what

747
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 3: these guys end up.

748
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Speaker 1: The two teams that went to the Super Bowl, the

749
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs in the Philadelphia Eagles. Last year, Kansas

750
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: City had thirty nine sacks, which was eighteenth in the league.

751
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: A lot of people feel like, okay, the sacks or

752
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: whether they gotta dictate getting there. They were plus six

753
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: in the giveaway takeaway. Okay. The Philadelphia Eagles who won

754
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,239
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl and got after Patrick Mahomes, they had

755
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: forty one sacks. They were thirteenth in the league in sacks,

756
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Speaker 1: even though we talked about how how that Philadelphia Eagle

757
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: defense swarmed to get out of both Yeah, legue thirteenth

758
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: in the league, but they were plus eleven in the

759
00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 1: giveaway takeaway. So it goes hand in hand. Pressure on

760
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 1: the quarterback, bad throws, My guys are seeking and fighting.

761
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 1: What I put down on my piece here is is

762
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,719
Speaker 1: I talked about, you know, I don't know if you've

763
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: ever seen movies or maybe a documentary of watching piranhas

764
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: in the water, but if you throw a piece of

765
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 1: meat in the water, I called it feeding fronds the

766
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 1: quarterback and the ball. That's what we're hoping for and

767
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 1: shot kind of summarize that with what he was talking

768
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: about there. Yeah, all right, we prepare for the twenty

769
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: twenty five season. I think we talked about the aspects

770
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: of the team that need to improve over training camp.

771
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,879
Speaker 1: You talked about D line performance versus the run and

772
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,880
Speaker 1: the pass. What do you need to see a shock

773
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 1: in camp that gives you a feeling that this team

774
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: is going to be better than they were a year ago,

775
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: or progressing to the regular season with Tampa Bay sitting

776
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 1: there in week one, What do you need to see

777
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 1: in camp that makes you feel good about what you're doing,

778
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: what you're seeing.

779
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Speaker 3: I think where I'm going with this, a lot of

780
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 3: people won't be able to kind of put their hands

781
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 3: on it and notice it. But I think for guys

782
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 3: like us who watch it differently, and maybe there are

783
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 3: a lot of fans out here who watch it in

784
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,760
Speaker 3: the same facet, But for me, it's.

785
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 2: A daily It's a daily.

786
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 3: Act of being consistent, competitive, but also being accountable, and

787
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 3: I think that bodes well for as you head to

788
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,319
Speaker 3: the season. If you're consistent every day in how you

789
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 3: go out and prepare it, you're accountable with your teammates

790
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 3: on how you practice and how you get after people

791
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:34,360
Speaker 3: and you're super highly competitive. Once you get to the game,

792
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 3: all that stuff comes together and it makes for really

793
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,280
Speaker 3: good football. I believe if the guy next to you, you

794
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 3: know you're keeping him accountable, he's keeping you accountable. You

795
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 3: guys have been through the battles and the wars in

796
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 3: training camp, and you guys have been consistently doing it.

797
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,120
Speaker 3: When you get in the game, it becomes second nature

798
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,239
Speaker 3: to you. And for me, I want to see that

799
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 3: on a daily basis. How consistent will the offense be

800
00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 3: when it comes to a red zoneduction when they're going

801
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 3: against the defense.

802
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 2: How competitive will they be.

803
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 3: When they'll O and D line get together and they're

804
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 3: going on one on one and they're competing in fighting.

805
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 3: How accountable will Jesse Bates be, which we know he

806
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 3: will be with some of the young guys and bringing

807
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 3: those guys along and they make a mistake, willly be

808
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 3: on their tail about some stuff. I think all those

809
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 3: things go hand in hand with what makes a really

810
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 3: good ball club. And once you get to that first

811
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 3: game and you can see that stuff come out during

812
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,240
Speaker 3: the ballgame. So for me, can I see that daily?

813
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 3: Can I see these guys and I know this. Guys

814
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 3: are gonna compete, you know it. But can it be

815
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 3: something on a consistent and daily basis of going out

816
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 3: and doing it every day that shows you, all right,

817
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 3: this team has some and I think we've been a

818
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 3: part of our show. We've been a part of teams

819
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 3: where you feel like, I trust that guy. I know

820
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 3: when that guy steps on the field with me, I

821
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,840
Speaker 3: know that guy's gonna be he's gonna go twelve yards

822
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 3: and he's gonna come flat and he's gonna come to

823
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 3: the sideline. You trust that guy because guess what, in practice,

824
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 3: he was consistent with it. We were accountable with both

825
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 3: our stamps were accountable with going to be and you

826
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 3: knew once you got in the game, regardless of what

827
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 3: that corny did, Guess what, I can let this thing

828
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 3: go and feel good about it. And I think that's

829
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,400
Speaker 3: a big part of going into you know, the season,

830
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,359
Speaker 3: is how countable are you with your teammates and can

831
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 3: that transfer into the game?

832
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: Man, such a such a big word and a and

833
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,520
Speaker 1: a cool word that you'ck just use. There is trust.

834
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 1: It happens in the offensive line. It happens from the

835
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,399
Speaker 1: second level, from the first level of the defensive line

836
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 1: to the second level in linebackers talking and what they're

837
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 1: supposed to be. The communication in the back end, trusting

838
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: one another that you're going to do what you're supposed

839
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,800
Speaker 1: to do, or you recognize what's going on. If you don't,

840
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: is somebody telling you what's going on? The communication that happens.

841
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 1: Trust a monster word. When you start talking about putting

842
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: eleven guys on the field that are going to play together,

843
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 1: you got to be able to trust one another, got

844
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 1: to be able to lean on that about you, well,

845
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,959
Speaker 1: I wrote I wrote down something very similar said, both

846
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: sides win the day in training camp. So that's a

847
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,840
Speaker 1: daily deal where Okay, the offense had their day, obviously

848
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 1: the defense rallies. It comes back and maybe they get

849
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 1: the afternoon if they've got a two today going on,

850
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 1: or they get that next morning, and it creates that

851
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 1: competition that you know that week in and week out,

852
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: day in and day out, you're going to compete, and

853
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,399
Speaker 1: when you get in games on Sunday that that that

854
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 1: mentality comes out. They keep talking about Mamba mentality around here.

855
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: You know Kobe paying homage to Kobe Kobe Bryant, how

856
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: he played the game like it was his last game

857
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: every time he played. That's what they're trying to perpetuate here.

858
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 2: Shut Archa, let me let me throw one at you.

859
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 2: It's obviously, uh, we're off script.

860
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 3: Here with this question, but I think it bowls well

861
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:40,400
Speaker 3: because we haven't mentioned it yet, and I think the

862
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 3: guy to him does as good as anybody.

863
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 2: We both know him really well.

864
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,839
Speaker 3: Rahie Morris, the head coach coming into a second year,

865
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 3: obviously there were some up and downs last year.

866
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 2: What do you want to see from.

867
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 3: Raw heading into his second training camp of when you

868
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 3: think about getting this team Brady and prepare, is there

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Speaker 3: things that you feel like, oh, maybe we see a

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Speaker 3: different Raw in this situation, or you think this is

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Speaker 3: a guy to just learn from the things that happen

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Speaker 3: in year one and he's gonna take off in year

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Speaker 3: two and get this team ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that what you said there the latter part.

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Speaker 1: I think that you hope that every time you go

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Speaker 1: out you're a little bit better than you were before.

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Speaker 1: I remember a coach telling me early on when I

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Speaker 1: first started playing this game, you're never the same person

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Speaker 1: when you take the when you leave the field after practicing,

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Speaker 1: you either are better or you're worse. You never stay

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Speaker 1: the same because there's too much information, there's too many reps,

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Speaker 1: there's too many opportunities to improve and learn. More often

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Speaker 1: than not, if you're paying attention doing mental reps, you're

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Speaker 1: getting the physical reps, you're gonna be just a little

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Speaker 1: bit better. Your players say it all the time. I

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Speaker 1: want to be one percent better after practice than I

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Speaker 1: was today. I would think that based on the way

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Speaker 1: raw works, the way Raheem works in his study, in

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Speaker 1: turning over every rock as to what he can do

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Speaker 1: to be better. That's what he spent the whole offseason doing.

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Speaker 1: Last year was not what they were hoping for. They

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Speaker 1: got up your six and three. Things look good, You're

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Speaker 1: a couple of games ahead of Tampa, and then the

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Speaker 1: wheels started to get a little wobbly and they fell off.

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Speaker 1: And why did that happen? I guarantee you they went

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Speaker 1: back and evaluated all those decisions they made in game plays,

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Speaker 1: called all those kind of things. And so I'm expecting

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Speaker 1: for him to be better just because I know his

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Speaker 1: work ethic. I know Zach Robinson's work ethic. We've been

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Speaker 1: around Jeff Ulbrick before Marquise Williams, those guys and that staff.

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Speaker 1: So that's what I'm expecting, Shock, So I think that

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Speaker 1: I think we're all set.

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Speaker 2: Ye.

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Speaker 1: That's it for today. We'll be back on Tuesday to

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Speaker 1: recap the first weekend of training camp as well as

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Speaker 1: working rack back with us Derek Brackley. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: with us on the podcast the meantime. Make sure you

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Speaker 1: check out our live broadcast this Saturday on YouTube. It'll

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Speaker 1: be me and Taylor Bismore along with some special guests,

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Speaker 1: so tune in. Shock made drop by who knows, So

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Speaker 1: tune in and hang out with this and watch practice.

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Speaker 2: We're back